Results 1-20 of 51,989 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (12 Nov 2025)
Micheál Martin: I will have that examined. That is something that we can certainly look at. I will talk to the Minister for Social Protection in relation to that.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (12 Nov 2025)
Micheál Martin: Sorry. Again, I will talk to the Minister in respect of it. To be fair, this should be done at hospital level. It should be done properly through the clinicians properly engaging with the family and with the parents. There are liaison officers in CHI as well who should be-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (12 Nov 2025)
Micheál Martin: I will make the Minister aware of the case.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (12 Nov 2025)
Micheál Martin: There are about ten projects now that you have all mentioned. I am good but-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (12 Nov 2025)
Micheál Martin: Which school?
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (12 Nov 2025)
Micheál Martin: We are about seven minutes over time, is it?
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (12 Nov 2025)
Micheál Martin: I will try to do what I can as quickly as I can.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (12 Nov 2025)
Micheál Martin: No, I am conscious of others. Deputy Dempsey raised the issue of transition from child services to adult services and that there was an absence of early planning for that. She also made the comment that parents were told that therapies would not be available in transition. That is not acceptable and respite should not be withdrawn. In the disability unit that I have established, a key...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (12 Nov 2025)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy did the same thing. He said the Minister had questions to answer. The Minister, to be fair-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions (12 Nov 2025)
Micheál Martin: There are policies that the Minister is certainly responsible for, but we sometimes also have to accept that people act in good faith. That is what I am saying. We should not rush to judgment against Tusla officials.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (12 Nov 2025)
Micheál Martin: I do not know whether there is.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (12 Nov 2025)
Micheál Martin: It is drawn to the attention of the authorities when there is an unaccompanied minor. They could be 17, 18, 19 or 20. They could be 15 or 14. I put it to the Deputy that people acted in good faith here and with the best intentions. What happened to that poor young child was horrific and shocking. There is no question about that. All I am simply saying is that the immediate rush to...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (12 Nov 2025)
Micheál Martin: I did not congratulate. The Deputy used the phrase "congratulated". I never used the word "congratulated".
- Ceisteanna - Questions (12 Nov 2025)
Micheál Martin: But why does the Deputy do that? Why-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions (12 Nov 2025)
Micheál Martin: If Mick Clifford wrote an article, he did, but it needs to be informed and evidence-based.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (12 Nov 2025)
Micheál Martin: I did not. This pejorative language, this attempt to label people, is a problem in the House. The left will condemn the far right and so on but it is not even prepared to allow people to have a discussion in the House on these issues. I think what they are doing is counterproductive, that is all I would say. I think it is counterproductive to shut down debate. I believe debate should be...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (12 Nov 2025)
Micheál Martin: When we say these things, that is wrong. I have my values in respect of people and ethnic background.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (12 Nov 2025)
Micheál Martin: That is all I am saying. I just think that there is too much of that going on. The Catherine Day report was based on the premise of 3,500 people coming in through the asylum programme on a yearly basis. That went up to 18,000 last year. It is down by close to 40% this year. There are issues around the asylum process. There is no point in saying there are not - there are. We have to...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (12 Nov 2025)
Micheál Martin: I suggest that the Deputy write to the Minister for justice on that as well in terms of the British context and what is happening there. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan raised the redress scheme. The Minister has indicated that work is under way in respect of that. I will ask the Minister to revert to the Deputy in respect of the survivors of the Stardust fire. A lot of progress was made on a...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (12 Nov 2025)
Micheál Martin: Yes, please, and send a copy to the Minister for justice. I will liaise with the Minister and talk to him in respect of it. Deputy Conor McGuinness spoke about an over-reliance in routine policing and how a garda had not been seen in Portlaw. Visibility is improving. More and more gardaí are being recruited. The numbers applying are up significantly. The issue is now about how...